Gochu Oil Tuna Puttanesca Spaghetti

Gochu Oil Tuna Puttanesca Spaghetti

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Total time
30 min
Level
Easy
Servings
2 servings
Ingredients
9

About this dish

There is no extra cooking oil: garlic and anchovies cook in the olive oil from the tuna can, spiked with chili oil, and that fat already carries the taste of tuna and heat.

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Capers, black olives and anchovies bring the briny, salty edge of a puttanesca, while the tuna flesh is added late and left in big flakes you can actually bite into.

Ingredients

servings

Instructions

6 steps
  1. 1

    Boil 180g spaghetti in well-salted water until 1 minute short of the package time.

    Reserve half a cup of starchy pasta water, then drain the noodles promptly so they stay firm for finishing in the sauce.

  2. 2

    Pour the olive oil from the 120g tuna can into a wide pan and add 1 tablespoon chili oil.

    Keep the tuna chunks aside for later, handling them gently so they do not break before the final simmer.

  3. 3

    Add 12g sliced garlic and 3 anchovy fillets, then cook over low heat for 2 to 3 minutes.

    Stir often until the anchovies dissolve into the oil and the garlic edges turn pale golden, without letting them brown.

  4. 4

    Add 250g crushed tomatoes and simmer over medium heat for 6 minutes.

    Let the edges bubble steadily until the sauce thickens and the oil turns reddish.

  5. 5

    Stir in 1.5 tablespoons capers and 40g halved black olives for 1 minute so their briny flavor spreads through the sauce.

    Add the tuna last and warm it for only 2 minutes to keep firm pieces intact.

  6. 6

    Add the spaghetti and reserved pasta water to the pan, then toss quickly over high heat for 1 minute.

    When the sauce looks glossy and clings to the strands, fold in 8g parsley and serve immediately.

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Tips

Capers and anchovies are salty, so adjust salt at the end.
Do not overcook tuna or it will dry out.
Edited by Charim Team